ZEISS Cinema Zoom Lenses

High-performance cine zoom lenses that make the most of the moment.

The ZEISS Cinema Zoom lenses deliver great flexibility thanks to interchangeable mounts, allowing them to be used with a wide range of cameras from multiple manufacturers. There is a comprehensive choice of cinema zooms with consistent aperture, good sharpness and contrast, minimal distortion and a look that matches the highest quality cinema primes including ZEISS/ARRI lenses. Affordable, flexible and offering the highest quality, the ZEISS Cinema Zoom lenses are an invaluable addition to any film set.

ZEISS Cinema Zoom lenses feature exquisite optics in a robust, durable package – two characteristics that will surely remain desirable for decades to come. And thanks to their interchangeable mounts, Cinema Zoom lenses offer the possibility to upgrade to any number of existing or future cine and still cameras while still using the same set of lenses. Additionally, they all cover a full-frame image format without vignetting.

Sensor Coverage

Escape

ZEISS Cinema Zoom Lenses

Escape is a show reel shot with ZEISS cine zooms CZ.2 28-80/T2.9 and CZ.2 70-200/T2.9 in combination with ARRI/ZEISS Ultra Prime and ARRI/ZEISS Master Prime lenses. As camera DOP Den Lennie used a RED Epic.

Making-of Escape (Behind the Scenes)

ZEISS Cinema Zoom Lenses

Escape is a show reel shot with ZEISS cine zooms CZ.2 28-80/T2.9 and CZ.2 70-200/T2.9 in combination with ARRI/ZEISS Ultra Prime and ARRI/ZEISS Master Prime lenses. Den Lennie the UK based Director of Photography used a RED Epic camera. This Making-of video explains the work with the ZEISS lenses during the shooting.

Symphonic Orchestra (demo reel)

ZEISS Cinema Zoom Lenses

Shot with ZEISS Cinema Zoom CZ.2 28-80/T2.9 and Compact Zoom CZ.2 70-200/T2.9. The video was shot with a full frame HDSLR camera by German cinematographer Tom Fährmann.

Paris Proposal

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"Paris Proposal" is a video shot with ZEISS Compact Zoom CZ.2 28-80/T2.9 on a RED Epic Dragon in 5K, by Adrian Weinbrecht.

Hydroflex Underwater Dramatic Shots

ZEISS Cinema Zoom Lenses

ZEISS and Hydroflex teamed up to create a dramatic underwater scene at the Acton Scuba facility, using an Alexa camera, Hydroflex housing and ZEISS CZ.2 Compact Zoom lenses. Lighting provided by Illumination Dynamics.

Behind the Scenes of Zburbs with ZEISS Compact Zoom CZ.2 and the Pansonic LT

ZEISS Cinema Zoom Lenses

Zburbs is a new Zombie Comedy feature film, lenses by Cinematographer Christian Sebaldt, ASC. Shot on the brand new Panasonic LT, with Zeiss CZ.2 Compact Zoom and CP.2 Prime lenses, this film had a quick schedule and the crew had to move fast to keep up with Director Greg Zekowski.

Eterna RED Short Film with ZEISS Lenses

ZEISS Cinema Zoom Lenses

An era of Intergalactic travel has brought untold riches to the civilizations capable of faring the far reaches of space. For those fortunate enough to be born into wealth there exists only one commodity left worth seeking…time. Eterna uses the entire line of DSMC2 cameras—WEAPON 8K, WEAPON, 6K, SCARLET-W 5K, RAVEN 4.5K—to tell the story of an adventurer commissioned by a wealthy patron to uncover the fountain of youth. What they find defies their expectations. The short was the work of RED employees. Screenwriting, practical effects modeling, VFX, director, producers, camera department, editing, and coloring - a true RED production.

Demo Reel (15-30mm)

ZEISS Cinema Zoom Lenses

ZEISS Cine Ambassador Matthew Allard shot a Demo Reel with a demo Compact Zoom CZ.2 15-30mm. He captured this reel with a SONY F55 CineAlta 4K within two days on eight different locations in Tokyo. Editing and grading was done by Ben Allan (ACS).